A LIFE’S WORK: THE GAMES OF SID SACKSON

THE GAMES OF SID SACKSON

compiled by Nick Sauer & Herb Levy

The games listed here are the first publication date and publisher for the title. Games like Acquire and Can’t Stop which have been in continuous publication in America and Germany, respectively, since their initial release could have entire articles devoted to the various versions that have been published.

Acquire 1962 3M

Bazaar 1967 3M

Bazaar 1980 Schmidt (Also known as Bazaar II. This was later released as Samarkand by Abacus/Rio Grande games in 1998.)

Black Monday 1988 Salagames (This is a professionally published version of Card Stock Market from Sid’s book Card Games Around the World.)

Blockade 1979 Butehorn (This was originally published as Sly by Amway in 1975.)

Buried Treasure 1999 F.X. Schmid (This was originally published as High Spirits with Calvin and the Colonel by Milton Bradley in 1962.)

High Spirits with Calvin and the Colonel 1962 Milton Bradley (This was later released as Das Superblatt by F.X. Schmid in 1992 and as Buried Treasure by F.X. Schmid in 1999.)

Holiday 1973 Research Games Inc. (This was later released in a modified form as Maloney’s Inheritance by Ravensburger in 1988 and in an even more heavily modified form as Shang Hai by Ravensburger in 1997.)

I’m the Boss! 2003 Face to Face Games – Reissue of Kohle, Kiese and Kniete

I’m the Boss!: The Card Game 2012 Gryphon Games – Based on original card game which Sid developed into the boardgame Kohle, Kiese and Knete which Sid called Piece of the Action

Infinity 1974 Gamut of Games (Sid was listed for “Consultation” on the second edition of this Phil Orbanes design).

Interplay 1970 Hoyle

Intersection 1974 Aladdin (This was later released as Corner by Ravensburger in 1980.)

Kohle, Kies and Knete 1994 Schmidt (This was later released in an English language edition as I’m the Boss! by Face to Face Games in 2003.)

Le Vizir 1978 Interlude – Abstract game played on a 4 x 6 board. Later published as Da Capo and Fish and Chips, both using 6 x 6 boards.

The Major Battles and Campaigns of General George S. Patton 1973 Research Games Inc.

The Major Campaigns of General Douglas MacArthur 1973 Research Games Inc.

Maloney’s Inheritance 1988 Ravensburger (This was originally published as Holiday by Research Games Inc. in 1973.)

Massai 1993 Abacus (This was originally published as Mind Thrust by Hayden Publications in 1981.)

Metropolis 1984 Ravensburger

Mind Thrust 1981 Hayden Publications (This was later released as Massai by Abacus in 1993.)

Monad 1969 3M

New York 1995 Piatnik (This is heavily based on Property from Sid’s book A Gamut of Games.)

Nine of Swords 1971 Gametime/Reiss (Actually, a puzzle)

Nummerous Zahlus 1995 ASS (This was later published as String of Pearls in Games magazine’s February 1996 issue.)

Piece of the Action 2012 Gryphon Games – Original card game designed by Sid that Sid developed into Kohle, Knies and Knete. Along with I’m the Boss!: The Card Game, Gryphon Games released the original rules with components needed to play the game the way Sid designed it.

Pushover 1974 Aladdin

Quinto 1994 ASS (This is not the same game as the earlier 3M title.)

Realm 1973 Gamut of Games (This was a collaborative effort with Phil Orbanes.)

The Right Connections 1973 Springbok (Actually a puzzle)

Rummy-Q 1977 Crisloid (This was a boxed set variation to the rules of Rummy Royal that later appeared in the German edition of A Gamut of Games)

Samarkand 1998 Abacus/Rio Grande Games (This was originally published as Bazaar [and generally referred to as Bazaar II] by Schmidt in 1980.)

Saxum 1995 Das Spiel (This was a re-issue of Tam-Bit with some slight rules changes.)

Shang Hai 1997 Ravensburger (This was originally published as Holiday by Research Games Inc. in 1973.)

The Six Pack of Pencil and Paper Games 1974 Gamut of Games (Includes the games Financier, The Great Races, Oil Strike, Spy and Words Times Three which were collaborative efforts with Phil Orbanes.)

Sleuth 1971 3M (This was originally published as The Case of the Elusive Assassin by Ideal in 1967.)

Sly 1975 Amway (This was later released as Blockade by Butehorn in 1979. Includes the games Blockade, Empire, Gateway, Line Up, Sniggle, and Solitaire Sly. Sniggle was later released as Flotte Krabbe by Abacus in 1991.)

Spies! 1981 SPI (This game was designed by Lenny Glynn and John Prados. However, SPI needed a balanced endgame for it. Sid provided SPI with the needed rules although he received no design credit.)

Das Superblatt 1992 F.X. Schmid (This was originally published as High Spirits with Calvin and the Colonel by Milton Bradley in 1962.)

Take Five 1969 Renwal/Gamescience

Tam Bit 1969 Renwal/Gamescience

Tele-fun Game 1983 Market Force (This game was designed as a training tool for AT&T Information System sales representatives.)

Tempo 1970 Hoyle

Temptation Poker 1982 Western Publishing

Totally 1974 Aladdin

Transformation 1971 Hoyle

Triad 1957 Sidney Sackson (Privately printed set of rules for an original card game using a standard set of playing cards)

Upthrust 1995 Great American Trading Co. (This was originally published as Score-Up in Games magazine in the April/May 1987 issue.)

Venture 1969 3M

The Winning Ticket 1977 Ideal

Wu Hsing 1993 Franjos (This is a professionally published version of The Domino Bead Game from Sid’s book A Gamut of Games.)

BOOKS:

As with the board game list, this includes only the first printing of each of Sid’s books. It should also be noted that many of these games have been reprinted in magazines such as Games as well as other books on gaming.

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